<p dir="ltr">Kill them with fire. Arguably Solaris 9 is in them same boat at this point...</p>
<p dir="ltr">Are there any remaining packages built for Solaris 8 that are in the dependency tree for modern systems?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks<br>
-Ben<br>
</p>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 3, 2014, 23:18 Juraj Lutter <<a href="mailto:wilbury@opencsw.org">wilbury@opencsw.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 12/03/14 23:09, Laurent Blume wrote:<br>
> People,<br>
><br>
> There's another guy on IRC coming to ask for S8 binaries. I think it<br>
> is more than time to remove them from the archive.<br>
><br>
> I have nothing against him, he asked nicely, But nevertheless, they<br>
> must go.<br>
><br>
> At this point, they are more a liability than anything else. All the<br>
> famous vulnerabilities are there, HEARTBLEED, SHELLSHOCK, POODLE, and<br>
> those who've not done the headlines.<br>
><br>
> The people who come asking for them are following a pattern: they're<br>
> obviously not experimented, and they clearly are not able to assess<br>
> the risks, and *never* in a position to take decision.<br>
><br>
> Then, their employers follow a similar pattern: they're cheapskates,<br>
> who want to get as much money as possible from obsolete systems with<br>
> no investment in time nor money. They willingly put their customers<br>
> are risk because of their greed.<br>
><br>
> And lastly, there's an existing alternative, there's SunFreeware,<br>
> which, from a quick look, has much more recent packages.<br>
><br>
> So frankly, I think we're doing a disservice to everybody by keeping<br>
> those old files online. They should be removed. If a company is<br>
> motivated to revive it and provides resources for it, welcome to it.<br>
> But those files as they stand are just used as an excuse to avoid<br>
> doing that.<br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
I only can aggree with Laurent.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Juraj Lutter <<a href="mailto:wilbury@opencsw.org" target="_blank">wilbury@opencsw.org</a>><br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>